I may just be jaded, but this seems like yet another example of "We're x large company, we can do this because we want to if if's not right." Will blocking all their mail in turn be the proper route to getting this fixed? Will legal action? Is their previous supporting cases of tech companies getting in real hot water for ignoring RFC's? A very quick search on google doesn't find much.
I would say they're not limited, as there's scads of books written in the universe, a whole Role-Playing system, etc. Of course, you could have just been kidding.
In IT, an all to often symptom of the technically skilled professional is that they have lackluster people and communication skills. It really goes without saying that the more likeable you are, the more you'll be liked, and the better you'll get along not only with your co-workers but also supervisors. This has gotten better over time, but IT is still an industry infamous for the attitudes of its experts. Honing your tech only gets you so far, really. If you were interviewing two candidates side by side and one was knowledgeable but a real prick and the other was as knowledgeable but had a better personality, which would you hire?
This is exactly the kind of mentality that continues to harm the IT Industry workers more than it helps. Depending on the lack of education of our user bases to provide a cover for our collective bad attitudes, grudges, and lies is no answer.
Explaining these things reasonably to users without making them feel like your hating on them is perhaps a better solution. Tell them it's illegal, sometimes they just don't know. If they don't care, as has been pointed out prior to my posting they have no basis to argue with you if/when you block the ports. But tell them it's happening before you do it, or right after you do.
If somebody above you tells you to open the ports or allow the illegal activities to continue, explain to them what kind of ethical, not to mention legal issues they are bringing onto you.
I have at previous jobs had my employers sign written up and sometimes notarized documents saying that it was their decision and their action allowing the illegal activities to continue. (After I said no they got somebody else to do it against my recommendation.)
And one question: Do you like or need this job so badly that you can't explain to them your points of view without fear of losing it?
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The US government is only publicizing this because Microsoft has enough money to bribe it, and it needs some heat taken off it's own flaws!
Just kidding...
I may just be jaded, but this seems like yet another example of "We're x large company, we can do this because we want to if if's not right." Will blocking all their mail in turn be the proper route to getting this fixed? Will legal action? Is their previous supporting cases of tech companies getting in real hot water for ignoring RFC's? A very quick search on google doesn't find much.
You could do this on windows 2000 servers... With a DFS (Distributed File System.) You can see some info about it here:
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http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/h
I would say they're not limited, as there's scads of books written in the universe, a whole Role-Playing system, etc. Of course, you could have just been kidding.
This is exactly the kind of mentality that continues to harm the IT Industry workers more than it helps. Depending on the lack of education of our user bases to provide a cover for our collective bad attitudes, grudges, and lies is no answer.
Explaining these things reasonably to users without making them feel like your hating on them is perhaps a better solution. Tell them it's illegal, sometimes they just don't know. If they don't care, as has been pointed out prior to my posting they have no basis to argue with you if/when you block the ports. But tell them it's happening before you do it, or right after you do.
If somebody above you tells you to open the ports or allow the illegal activities to continue, explain to them what kind of ethical, not to mention legal issues they are bringing onto you.
I have at previous jobs had my employers sign written up and sometimes notarized documents saying that it was their decision and their action allowing the illegal activities to continue. (After I said no they got somebody else to do it against my recommendation.)
And one question: Do you like or need this job so badly that you can't explain to them your points of view without fear of losing it?